Making false claims about "High priced" Australian marijuana, costing "10 times" more than the "Local drug," later disproved by official United Nations reports, showing this drug sold for US30 cents a gram in Indonesia, and a whopping $US31 a gram in Australia (which was over a 100 times more than the "Local drug," so only the completely insane would smuggle it from Oz to Bali).

Accepting the word of Government officials who could not speak English, and not backed up by tapes, or a signed admission from Schapelle. In Australia, that's called "Verballing," and magistrates are formally warned to show extreme caution with uncorroborated police evidence, because of the gross miscarriages of justice that have occurred.

I'm deeply opposed to all forms of racism, and I strongly object to corrupt officials (of any colour), taking shelter behind unfounded allegations of racial discrimination. I'd object to the way Schapelle was treated if her persecutors were blonde and blue eyed, or green with purple polka dots.

Having said that, there is a substantial layer of Australian society not known for their sympathy to foreigners. Sad but true, and they also vote, so they can't be ignored. By stubbornly continuing to incarcerate an innocent woman longer than murderers and terrorists, I'm afraid Indonesia is inflaming an already volatile group, and it's completely unnecessary. For goodness sake, there are much bigger interests at stake, so why the hell can't a few sensible adults just quietly agree to stop torturing an ordinary young woman, and let the whole unfortunate incident quietly fade back into obscurity? Before it gets bigger than Ben Hur . . .

With Schapelle home, everyone wins, and commentators can finally stop mentioning her every time they talk about Indonesia . . .